North Cache News | 1944-03-03 | Page 3 | 29 Japs Killed on Kwajalein for Every Yank

29 Japs Killed on Kwajalein for Every Yank J is if 1 i ! f . i 1 (.A'4-!" & l-T . fx If & I . .x- -(vu v ' ;4 Approximately 8,000 Japanese were killed in the American invasion of Kwajalein atoll in the Marshal Islands. Only 286 Yanks met death in the same campaign. United States marine and army wounded latalec 1,148 and 82 men were reported missing. Top: Assault boats and alligators are shown as they reached th beach at Enubuj bringing men and equipment of the Seventh division. It was this division which captured Kwajalein and adjacent islets. Bottom: A marine searches through the wreckage after the unprecedented v- naval bombardment which preceded the first American occupation of land held by Japan before the war.